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Round 2: OT Andrew Whitworth


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I had Whitworth on my want list - but in round 4 or lower

That, and the fact that they needed another quality defender more, means I absolutely hate this pick.

Draft grade so far: D.

C for JJ

F for AW

GET MIKE BROWN OUT OF THE DRAFT ROOM!!

btw, i love the first round pick, after Lawson went off the board he became my #1 choice.. the 2nd round pick is ok, i kinda expected OL on the first day with all the unsigned players, you have to know we cant sign all 3

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^^^ Are you kidding me? None of those players are as good of prospects as Joseph.

oh my lord, I thought we had finally seen the last of that idiot DPM

Who did you like better? Don't say trade down because you have to have a fair offer for that to happen. What prospect there was better than him? I love the pick of Jonathan Joseph.

Last year in our 6th round pick thread, after Tab Perry was drafted, TJJackson typed out the famous phrase "GET MIKE BROWN OUT OF THE DRAFT ROOM!!"

He called me an idiot for bringing it up ;)

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from bengals.com

The Bengals offered a surprise Saturday in the second round when they selected LSU left tackle Andrew Whitworth with the 55th pick, two selections after the Cowboys grabbed Notre Dame tight end Anthony Fasano. The move looks to be a hedge against losing starting left tackle Levi Jones in free agency next season after his contact expires.

wow hobson says hes levis replacement a fast athletic stud like levi with a slow project wow....

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JJ is an average pick at 24. He is a second tier player who could have easily gone in round 2.

The Bengals would have earned a better grade from me if they had acted - either by trading up to 22 and getting a top tier defender in Lawson, or by trading down at 24 - rather than sat on their hands

Said another way - they could have made better use of the 24th pick, but did OK. Ergo, grade is a C. Average, expected, not good, not bad.

I'm certain they had calls for the 24th pick, particularly since Pittsburgh traded into the pick just below them. I know they said they didn't. If I was running the draft room and took a player at 24 rather than trading down, I'd also say (lie) that I had no calls, so I wouldn't have to defend the rejection of an offer.

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JJ is an average pick at 24. He is a second tier player who could have easily gone in round 2.

The Bengals would have earned a better grade from me if they had acted - either by trading up to 22 and getting a top tier defender in Lawson, or by trading down at 24 - rather than sat on their hands

Said another way - they could have made better use of the 24th pick, but did OK. Ergo, grade is a C. Average, expected, not good, not bad.

I'm certain they had calls for the 24th pick, particularly since Pittsburgh traded into the pick just below them. I know they said they didn't. If I was running the draft room and took a player at 24 rather than trading down, I'd also say (lie) that I had no calls, so I wouldn't have to defend the rejection of an offer.

Who would you have drafted oh wise one?

Do you really think Pitt would have traded for our pick? Kind of a waste for them if you ask me, i dont think they had any fears that we would of drafted a WR, but I guess i should expect that kind of simple minded thinking from you.

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Last year in our 6th round pick thread, after Tab Perry was drafted, TJJackson typed out the famous phrase "GET MIKE BROWN OUT OF THE DRAFT ROOM!!"

He called me an idiot for bringing it up ;)

Let me explain it to you, as you lack the competence to figure it out for yourself, as demonstrated above

I described you as an idiot for pretty much what you are, always have been, and probably always will be; and it had nothing to do with your comment re: Mike Brown. Mike Brown does indeed need to stay out of the draft room, preferably even out of the offices at Paul Brown. The less he has to do with the organization, the better off everyone is.

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It's for Levi, as Kieft or Kooistra will be Willie's (eventual) replacement

Could be. I would put my money on the thought that they had Willie in mind with this pick, though. Everyone knows how good Levi is, and he should be easy to tag before 2007. I think Levi stays and only Willie hits the road.

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Bet Ko gets snatched by Chargers,cowboys or steelers

It's for Levi, as Kieft or Kooistra will be Willie's (eventual) replacement

Could be. I would put my money on the thought that they had Willie in mind with this pick, though. Everyone knows how good Levi is, and he should be easy to tag before 2007. I think Levi stays and only Willie hits the road.

I'd like to see levi get resigned before then so we can use tag on willie to trade trade him like the jets did for ab

dallas traded down too the jags

man just sitting here looking at title of hobsons thing I really hope hes smoking off a crack pipe

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It's for Levi, as Kieft or Kooistra will be Willie's (eventual) replacement

Could be. I would put my money on the thought that they had Willie in mind with this pick, though. Everyone knows how good Levi is, and he should be easy to tag before 2007. I think Levi stays and only Willie hits the road.

Keep in mind that the franchise tag at the LT position is a very, very expensive one, and further is one that generally pisses off the player so tagged.

I'm not saying the couldn't do it, I'm saying they'd probably prefer not to do so.

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It's for Levi, as Kieft or Kooistra will be Willie's (eventual) replacement

Could be. I would put my money on the thought that they had Willie in mind with this pick, though. Everyone knows how good Levi is, and he should be easy to tag before 2007. I think Levi stays and only Willie hits the road.

Keep in mind that the franchise tag at the LT position is a very, very expensive one, and further is one that generally pisses off the player so tagged.

I'm not saying the couldn't do it, I'm saying they'd probably prefer not to do so.

but why let levi go it would be insane I could see big willie mybe even steinbach but levi should be our franchise lT o_O if we tagged him i'd say just till they can work deal out with him rather then letting him test waters worst case is we trade him if he wants out after being tagged

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but why let levi go it would be insane

Like anything under the CBA and the CAP, the level of sane-ness will depend on the cost/production of Levi versus the cost and production of the alternative.

alt will be cheap compared levi but production will be much different o_O i like levis speed let him deal with some of sack master pash rush specs now were suppossed have this guy protect carsons blind side? so much for protecting carson

The Bengals feel Whitworth can eventually play right tackle, or move inside to guard,

(from updated articale(that i can live with him backing up who we dont sign) but still :(

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Actually, the full quote (bolding is mine) is

"The Bengals feel Whitworth can eventually play right tackle, or move inside to guard, as well as play left tackle."

I think this probably means the experiment with Andrews is not going as well as we have been told thus far....my understanding is that the athletic Andrews was supposed to be the eventual successor to Levi...but with this pick, they are essentially saying Andrews isn't going to be ready.

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